Algemeiner Staff
ARTICLES BY: Algemeiner Staff
Veteran Confidante of Lubavitcher Rebbe Dies of Coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic claimed one more Jewish religious leader on Tuesday, with the announcement that a veteran aide to the late Lubavitcher Rebbe had passed...
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Releases Virtual Passover Music Medley
As Jews around the world prepared for the first Passover Seder on Wednesday night under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra...
Netanyahu, Gantz Send Passover Greetings to Jews Worldwide, Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his top political rival, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, issued Passover greetings on Wednesday. In a video message, Netanyahu...
After Nearly 200 Years of Publication, Coronavirus Drives UK’s Main Jewish Newspaper Into Liquidation
One of the world's oldest Jewish newspapers announced that it was going into liquidation on Wednesday, with staff members learning on the eve of the...
BDS Leader Widely Mocked for Saying It’d Be Ok to Take Israeli-Developed Coronavirus Vaccine
Top BDS activist Omar Barghouti has been widely mocked on social media after he said that it would be permissible for boycotters of Israel to...
Frida Wattenberg, French Jewish WW2 Children’s Rescue Hero, Dies From Coronavirus
A French Jewish woman who risked her own life to save Jewish children from the clutches of the Nazis has died from the coronavirus at...
Israeli Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Druze Faith Leaders Come Together for Joint Prayer Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
A multi-faith prayer was conducted at the Bahai Gardens in the northern Israeli city of Haifa on earlier this week amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis. “Upon...
Passover Message ‘Resonates With Us as Never Before’ During Coronavirus Crisis, Biden Says
Former Vice President Joe Biden -- the front-runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination -- and his wife Jill sent Passover greetings to US Jews...
Top Jewish Group Commemorates 26th Anniversary of Start of Rwandan Genocide
Tuesday marked the 26th anniversary of the start of the Rwandan genocide, in which 800,000 people were killed. The World Jewish Congress (WJC) commemorated the anniversary...
Police Searching for Man Who Daubed Boston-Area Chabad Center With Antisemitic Graffiti in Russian
Police are searching for an unidentified man who scrawled antisemitic graffiti at the entrance to the Chabad religious movement's office in Brookline, Massachusetts, next to...
Top European Rabbis Hold Zoom Meeting to Discuss How to Handle Cornavirus Crisis
The Standing Committee of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER) held a Zoom meeting on Sunday to discuss how Jews on the continent were handling...
Netanyahu and Putin Discuss Israel-Russia Cooperation in Fighting Coronavirus
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone on Monday regarding the global coronavirus crisis and how their countries could...
Australian Jewish Group Charges Amazon With ‘Betrayal’ as Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ Remains on Sale
Australia's leading Jewish civil rights organization hammered online retail giant Amazon on Monday for allegedly reneging on a pledge to stop selling Mein Kampf --...
Yale University Rabbi Abused and Beaten in Antisemitic Robbery Praises Swift Police Response
A rabbi who survived a violent antisemitic attack in New Haven last week praised the swift response of the police officers who arrived to assist...
